[caption id="attachment_855" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Need to get away? Miles and Points can help![/caption] People may think I'm crazy for my obsession with collecting miles and points, but the hobby I've developed has allowed us to travel to many places that we otherwise wouldn't have been able...
Chicago is one of my favorite cities--when living in Minneapolis it was either a quick flight or a 7 hour drive away. Micah and I always chose to drive to Chicago because we enjoy a good road trip and don't mind being in the car. I...
In May of 2011, there was a mass stranding of 23 pilot whales in the Florida Keys; they were found beached near Cudjoe Key, which is located around 20 miles north of Key West. The Marine Mammal Conservancy Organization (MMC) rushed to help and located...
It's Friday again! That means it's time for another #FriFotos, and this week the theme is Harbors. One of my favorite towns in Minnesota is Duluth, which is located in the northwest area of the state right along the edge of Lake Superior, one of the...
Getting our Padi diving certification is something Micah and I have wanted to do for quite some time. It still has yet to happen, but it will. I am determined to drum up some motivation and get certified one of these days; especially after our...
This weeks #FriFotos theme is windows--the windows that immediately came to my mind when I heard the theme, were the beautiful stained glass windows at La Sainte-Chapelle on the Île de la Cité in Paris. This tiny chapel ended up being one of my favorite sites in...
I can be super clumsy a lot of the time. I don't pay enough attention to where I am going and often run into walls and parking meters...
The #FriFotos theme this week is Bridges. Keeping up with the Curaçao theme I have going on, I decided to feature a photo and time-lapse video of the Queen Emma floating pontoon bridge in Willemstad, Curaçao. Because this bridge crosses the St. Anna Bay it...
[caption id="attachment_719" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Beach at the Lodge at Kura Hulanda[/caption] While in Curaçao we stayed at the Lodge at Kura Hulanda--a hotel located near the west end of the island in Westpunt. We absolutely loved the hotel and the location too. The lodge is located about...
[caption id="attachment_662" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Bon Festival Lanterns[/caption] Every August, the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, hosts a one day event called the Bon Festival. This festival celebrates the Japanese custom of Obon, which is a Buddhist tradition to honor the spirits of our ancestors. It is...
It's Friday again! The theme of this week's #FriFotos is Faces. What is better than an exotic animal face right outside your car window? Well, I guess I can probably think of quite a few things, but still, it's pretty cool to see a rhino...
I feel like I am pretty late to the game, but the Capture the Colour contest, put on by TravelSupermarket, is one that is too good to pass up! In order to enter the contest, you need to showcase 5 photos featuring one color in each...
